Copyright: people.com “American journalism, in many ways, needs a spine transplant,” Rather said, “We’ve lost some of the grit in our gut.” This was just one of the many things that Dan Rather had to say about being a journalist and where journalism is in our current social media frenzy of a world. On […]
“Now that news is a conversation, one of the greatest challenges facing journalists is how to manage, and leverage, that conversation.” – Mark Briggs According to Briggs, journalism now means 1) managing online communities as well as 2) participating in various social networks. Audiences being able to comment on stories online and voice their opinions is […]
“Journalism is constantly changing.” This is how guest speaker Jon DeNunzio, user engagement editor for washingtonpost.com, started off his presentation that was given to our Comm. 361 class. DeNunzio gave us some interesting background information about himself to begin: Worked for a few small papers after college 1994: Started at The Washington Post 2000-2007: Covered high school […]
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